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Amalda australis Southern Olive, Southern Ancilla

Amalda australisis commonly referred to as Southern Olive, Southern Ancilla. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profilbild Urheber Javier Couper (Predomalpha), New Zealand

Amalda australis,Alive at low tide at Snells Beach, 2020


Courtesy of the author Javier Couper (Predomalpha), New Zealand Photo taken by Javier Couper. Please visit www.inaturalist.org for more information.

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lexID:
12538 
AphiaID:
409967 
Scientific:
Amalda australis 
German:
Südliche Olivenschnecke, Südliche Ancilla 
English:
Southern Olive, Southern Ancilla 
Category:
Snails 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Neogastropoda (Order) > Ancillariidae (Family) > Amalda (Genus) > australis (Species) 
Initial determination:
(G. B. Sowerby I, ), 1830 
Occurrence:
Endemic species, New Zealand 
Marine Zone:
Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 
Sea depth:
1 - 20 Meter 
Habitats:
Intertidal zone, Tidal Zone, Port facilities, Sandy sea floors, Seawater, Sea water 
Size:
1.18" - 2.36" (3,2cm - 6,5cm) 
Temperature:
55.4 °F - 68 °F (13°C - 20°C) 
Food:
Carnivore, Predatory, Zoobenthos 
Difficulty:
Not suitable for aquarium keeping 
Offspring:
None 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
  • Amalda abyssicola
  • Amalda acuta
  • Amalda albanyensis
  • Amalda albocallosa
  • Amalda allaryi
  • Amalda angustata
  • Amalda aureocallosa
  • Amalda aureomarginata
  • Amalda aureus
  • Amalda australis
    Südliche Olivenschnecke, Südliche Ancilla
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2024-01-31 19:18:46 

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Amalda australis (G. B. Sowerby I, 1830)

Amalda australis, commonly known as The southern olive or Southern Ancilla , is a medium-sized sea snail, a gastropod mollusc of the family Olividae, the olives.

Predatory snail. Hunts from just underneath the sediment, leaving distinctive trails. The siphon usually extends above the sand/mud.

Synonymised names:
Amalda (Baryspira) australis (G. B. Sowerby I, 1830)· accepted, alternate representation
Amalda waikopiroensis (Suter, 1917) †
Ancillaria australis G. B. Sowerby I, 1830 (original combination)
Baryspira australis (G. B. Sowerby I, 1830)
Baryspira australis epacra Olson, 1956 †

External links

  1. New Zealand Mollusca (en). Abgerufen am 31.01.2024.

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Commonly

Southern Ancilla,Amalda australis, sieved from under Cornwallis Wharf, Manukau Harbour.2019
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Amalda australis,Región de Auckland, Nueva Zelanda 2023
Amalda australis,Región de Auckland, Nueva Zelanda 2023
Amalda australis, Crawling under sand at 2m depth below low tide, Auckland, New Zealand 2021
Amalda australis,Alive at low tide at Snells Beach, 2020
Amalda australis,Alive at low tide at Snells Beach, 2020

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